SECTION A- READING
Q. I(A) Read the passage and answer the questions: (1x5=5Marks)
The newest member in the family was named Achilles. It was a tortoise who brought joy and happiness everywhere in our family. He turned out to be an intelligent and lovable tortoise,
with a strange sense of humor. At first he was kept in the garden. As he grew more trained,
we let him go where he pleased.
He learned his name in a very short time. We had only to call out once or twice and then wait for
a while and he would come, hobbling down the narrow cobbled paths on tip-toe, with his head
and neck stretched out excitedly.
He loved being fed. He would sit in the sun like a king while we held out bits of lettuce, dandelions or grapes for him. He was fond of grapes and would sit munching them, the juice running down
his chin.
But the fruit that Achilles loved best were wild strawberries. On seeing the strawberries, he would go out of control. He would walk in a clumsy way, stretching his head to see if you were going to give him any and look at you with pleading eyes.
Achilles would also practice mountaineering. He would rush down the path and on to the rug with an expression of happiness. He would thoughtfully choose a part of your body for mountaineering.
a) Who was the new member in the family?
b) What would Achilles do as soon as his name was called?
c) How do we know that Achilles loved strawberries?
d) How would Achilles practicemountaineering?
e) Suggest a suitable title for the passage?
Q. I(B) Read the passage and answer the questions: (1X5=5Marks)
Every afternoon, as they were coming back from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. It was a lovely large garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.
“How happy we are here!” they cried to eachother.
One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend, the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years were over he had said all that he had to stay, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden. “What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away. “My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant, “anyone can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall around it, and put up a noticeboard. He was a selfish Giant.
The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful garden inside. “How happy were there,”
they said to each other. Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
a) Describe the beautiful garden of the Giant.
b) Where did the Giant go for seven years?
c) How did the Giant react when he saw the children playing in the garden?
d) What was the message written on the notice board?
e) Suggest an alternative title for the passage?
Q. 2(A) Read the poem and answer the questions: (1X5=5Marks)
Life’s Cricket Field
Our life is a game of cricket, lads;
An earnest, noble game;
So out with the bat and gloves and pads;
To shirk is folly and shame.
Came forth to field where the struggle lies,
And take each man his place,
Whether batting, or bowling, or fielding;
And do it with equal grace.
It may be yours to take command,
Or yours to just obey;
Faithful obedience is a grand
As skillful, prudent sway.
Your turn will come at the wicket, lads,
If you be ready and true;
And then, if you show good cricket, lads,
‘Twill be all the better for you.
Makes runs as freely as you can,
But if your score be nought,
Remember many another man
Has failed who bravely fought;
And our Captain keeps a Roll of Fame,
That heeds not skill nor luck,
In which is many a golden name
That was credited here with a ‘duck’
a) What is the central idea of the poem?
b) In what way is life like a cricket match? How can we make the most of it?
c) ‘Our life is a game of cricket’, identify the figure of speech.
d) Name one pair of rhyming words from the poem.
e) Suggest another title to the poem.
Q. 2(B) Read the poem and answer the questions: (1X5=5Marks)
The Brook
I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorpes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
Till last by Philip’s farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
With many a curve my banks I fret
By many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.
a) When does the brook feel annoyed?
b) Explain these lines from the poem:
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorpes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
c) Write two rhyming words from the poem.
d) ‘ I chatter over stony ways’, who is ‘I’ here? Explain.
e) Give the meaning of: coot
SECTION B- GRAMMAR
Q. 3(A) Fill up the blank with modals: (1x5=5Marks)
( used to, need, dare, can, will )
a) Siya …… think a lot before.
b) You ……. apologize for your mistakes.
c) He …….. come so I should wait.
d) The Prime Minister ……. Make a statement tomorrow.
e) She ……. go to that park when she was small.
Q. 3(B) Underline the Gerunds: (1x5=5Marks)
a) Seeing is believing.
b) Hunting deer is not allowed in this country.
c) I am tired of waiting.
d) He is fond of swimming.
e) Children like making mud castles.
Q. 4(A) Do as directed: (1x5=5Marks)
a) I have hit upon a good plan to get rid of the rats.
(Underline the idiomatic phrase)
b) Priya liked her birthday gift.
(Underline the direct object in the sentence)
c) Christopher was a Balinese dancer.
(Identify the kind of adjective for the underlined word)
d) She secretly told me the truth.
(Underline the adverb)
e) My car broke down in the middle of the road.
(Underline the phrasal verb)
Q. 4(B) Edit the following as instructed: (1x5=5Marks)
a) The designer promised to cloth/clothe the mannequin.
b) I assure/insure you I will reach on time.
c) I am bringing a new camera. (Change it to Simple past tense & rewrite)
d) The twins had a fight with eachother. (Change it to Past Continous tense & rewrite)
e) The children are visiting a farm. (Change it to Simple past tense & rewrite)
SECTION C- CREATIVE WRITING
Q. 5(A) Message Writing: (5x1=5Marks)
Imagine you are Rip Van Winkle and you live with your daughter, Judith and her family.
One day you see your grandson feeling uneasy so you decide to take him to the doctor.
Judith is not at home and so you leave a message for her. Write the message for Judith.
Q. 5(B) Letter Writing: (5x1=5Marks)
Imagine you are Sher Singh. Your younger brother is out of danger but he will take a few
days in the hospital for further treatment. You write a letter to your mother describing the
difficulties you faced during the journey through the jungle till the hospital.
SECTION D
Q. 6(A) Answer the following question in details: (3x5=15Marks)
a) In the lesson ‘Rip Van winkle’ describe the stranger whom Rip met on the mountainside.
b) ‘An idle mind is a devil’s workshop’ is ange-old proverb. Explain this proverb.
c) In the lesson ‘ Jeannie’s Amber Beads’ which objects could be seen inside the amber
beads ?
d) In the lesson ‘Life with Uncle Ken’ who were the people who lived with Granny?
e) In the lesson ‘The Festival of Eid’ what was it that Hamid’s friends could do in the
marketplace that day which Hamid was not be able to do?
Q. 6(B) Answer the following question in details: (3x5=15Marks)
a) In the poem, ‘Dear Mum’, who does the narrator blame for all the mischievous deeds?
Why?
b) Laughter is the best medicine. Give reasons.
c) In the poem, ‘Laughing Song’, what is special about the food that the children are eating?
d) In the poem, ‘ Dear Mum’, what do you think the mother did when the narrator finally
came back home? Describe.
e) Why has the poem been titled, Laughing Song?
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